Alert & Oriented x3
The best news you can hear while getting report.
Bed Baths
So many bed baths.
Catheters
No matter how many you do, you still get one that's just...
Dilaudid
AKA Nectar of the Gods.
EMR
Because if you didn't chart it, you didn't do it.
Family Drama
Which inevitably starts when you're in the room so you're just standing in the room like...
Grossing Out Your Family & Friends
Is dinner really over if you haven't talked about diarrhea?
Hand Hygiene
Because who needs soft & non-bleeding hands when you can use hand sanitizer 400 times a day?
IVs
And that moment you get a hard stick.
Jokes to Get Us Through the Shift
How else do we get through a 12-hour shift?
K for Potassium
And if you aren't a nurse, you probably won't understand why.
Lunch
Hahahaha, what's that?
Medications
The bane of our existence.
Night Shift
Either the best or absolute worst thing that can happen to you.
Opioids
Oh really? You're allergic to all of the pain medicine but the one that "starts with a D?" I'm sure.
Patient Satisfaction
Sure, let me get you that third warm blanket as I put a new pair of socks on you. Nothing's more important than making you happy.
Quiet
The one word that must never be used on the floor.
Residents
Those students that think they know everything but really you have to guide in the right direction so they don't kill somebody.
Sundowners
They're real. And they're terrifying.
Techs
Who we wouldn't survive the day without.
Urine
It somehow manages to get EVERYWHERE.
Vomit
Which also manages to get everywhere.
WebMD
If somebody mentions that one more time, I swear...
Xanax
A little nursing dose never hurt anybody.
Yawning
We're experts on hiding them.
Zzzz's
Something that you just can't wait to get.
